HAPPENED TWICE IN ONE WEEK. ALL OF SUDDEN, ACCELERATOR NOT RESPONSIVE AND LOST OF POWER. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND CRUISE FLASHING. AFTER TURNING ON AND OFF OR STAY OFF FOR A NIGHT, LIGHTS WENT OUT THEMSELVES. ERROR CODE P2138 ACCELERATOR POSITION SENSOR. CHECK SENSOR NO OBVIOUS LOOSE ON CONNECTOR. PRESS CONNECT ON AND NO ISSUE SO FAR. IT SEEMS THE CONNECTOR TOO CLOSE TO THE FLOOR AND EASY TO KICKED OR TOUCHED BY FOOT. CAR WAS BOUGHT IN BUFFALO WEST HERR SUBARU AND USED IN TORONTO. *TR
2012
POWER TRAIN
WHEN THE CAR IS COLD THE TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP WHEN EXITING THE FREEWAY FROM 60 MPH TO ABOUT 45 MPH IT IS LIKE THE SCAR SKIPPED A GEAR AND YOU FEEL A BIG CLUNK DURING THE EXITING AND LIKE SOMEONE HIT YOU IN THE BACK WITH A BASEBALL BAT. THIS CAN CAUSE SERIOUS BACK INJURY AND FALSE SENSE OF BREAKING. IT DOES NOT DO THIS ALL THE TIME EXTREMELY INTERMITTENTLY AND ONLY WHEN THE CAR IS COLD AND UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. OTHER SUBARU PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY SUBARU CORPORATE OF AMERICA. ALSO THE DEALER TRIED TO REPROGRAM THE CAR AND IT DID NOT WORK AND THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED AROUND NOV 27, 2013. COMPUTER REPROGRAMMING OF THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM. NOTE TO NHTSA, THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR